KARACHI: The bears and bulls locked horns at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday as the KSE-100 index traded on both sides of the fence, but closed with a gain of 382 points.
Sectors contributing to the performance included cement (+120.1 points), commercial banks (+50.4 points), automobile assembler (+48 points), exploration and production (+40.3 points), and pharmaceuticals (+20.9 points).
At the close, the KSE-100 index gained 382.41 points, or 0.88%, to settle at 43,933.56 points.